SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE's Digital Release Makes Some Significant Changes To Movie's Twist Ending

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE's Digital Release Makes Some Significant Changes To Movie's Twist Ending

A number of differences in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse have already been spotted by fans, but a breakdown of the ending confirms a series of sweeping changes to how the movie's big twist plays out.

By JoshWilding - Aug 22, 2023 06:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Movies

We've already told you about some of the changes made to Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse for its recent Digital release. However, for those of you who have recently rewatched the hit animated sequel, there might be something about that big twist ending which now feels a little different. 

In the movie, Miles Morales inadvertently finds himself on Earth-42, the reality which the spider bit him originally hailed from. There, his father has died and his uncle isn't Prowler...he is. With Miles face-to-face with his doppelganger, we were left with a major cliffhanger that looks set to be addressed in Beyond the Spider-Verse.

Now, though, while the ending itself remains largely the same, Earth 1610's Miles has fewer lines and the text boxes which popped up on screen to accompany his thoughts are gone. 

Instead, we hear Miguel O'Hara's previous comments - "The spider that gave you your powers wasn’t from your dimension" - echo in Miles' head. That moment helps get across the fact the teenager is in the wrong reality.

Why have these edits been made? Well, the twist is now a little harder to telegraph in those final few minutes, so that's likely the driving force behind the decision. There's also a chance the text boxes were meant as a stylistic decision for Earth-42 which has since been altered as Beyond the Spider-Verse continues taking shape. 

"There was an international version that was made almost two months before the movie came out because it had to be translated into different languages and these French censors have to decide what the rating of the movie is in Europe," producer Chris Miller recently said of the changes. "The team at [Sony Pictures] Imageworks still had some shots that they felt they could do better for the finished version."

"So, they cleaned up and tweaked those things." Lord, meanwhile, added: "It was trying to make the best possible version that everyone was going to be the proudest of. I think most of the changes are improvements."

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is now available on Digital and hits Blu-ray on September 5.

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